admin writes "Revolution OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement.

On June 1, 2001, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches."

Microsoft fears GNU/Linux, and rightly so. GNU/Linux and the Open Source & Free Software movements arguably represent the greatest threat to Microsoft's way of life. Shot in cinemascope on 35mm film in Silicon Valley, Revolution OS tracks down the key movers and shakers behind Linux, and finds out how and why Linux became such a potent threat.

Anonymous writes "Have recently finished the review of Webmaster in a Nushell, Second Edition (O Reilly).
Some of you who have been with us a while will remember that we were sent it back when we had the old site... sorry for the delay!

Also, if there is any particular book (relevant to Linux obviously) that you would like us to review, then either e-mail us (southwest@lug.org.uk) or leave a comment on this article and we'll try and get hold of it for you."

Anonymous writes "The UK government have released a draft for public (that means you!) consultation on the use of Open Source software in the government.
Click here to read the document in HTML or here for other formats.

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